Improvement in fare-boxes for street-cars



w. u. YOUNG, or oHroAeo;` lLLINoIs.

Letters Patent No. 99,804, dated February 15, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARE-BQXES FOR STREET-CARS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Itent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, W. H. YOUNG, of Chicago,in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented an ImprovedMoney-Box for Street-Gars and Omuibuses; aud I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', whichwill enable those skilled in the art to makeand use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings and let-ters marked thereon,making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 isanelevationofmy `improved money-box, with the lid giving access to theinterior open.

Figure 2, a plan view of the rotating money-box removed from its case.

Figure 3, a vertical section of the case and box.

The presentinvention relates to animproved moneyboX, which is designedtobe used lmore especially for depositing money by conductors ofstreet-cars and om-` nibuses; and

Its nature consists in general terms of a rotating box placed in asuitable oase, which is provided with a lamp for giving light for theconvenience of handling money at night, as the whole is hereinafterfully described. A

A A represent the case, the part A of which is cylindiical in form, andthe part A' conical, said part A being provided with a suitable openingto lreceive a perforated cylinder C, iigs. 1 and 3.

AThis cylinder C rests 'upon the bottom B of a ro- 4'ratingxnoneybox,pB, and it is used to protect what currency there may be iuthe box from taking re by a lamp,"F, fig. 3, the perforationsin thecylinder giving sutiicient light to the box B B for the examination ofmoney, '&c. x

Inside of the case A A is placed a rotating moneybox, B B', whose bottomrests upon the bottom of the case A A', and it is divided by aseries ofpartitions D, in which currency of different denominations is put, thenumber of the denomination being marked on the ange E, as shown at fig.1, or any other convenient place,so that when the money-box is turnedaround, the chamber between any of the partitions D maybe broughtopposite to the door I, hung to the case A A'.

A perforated dome, G, is fastened to and placed above the flange E,.andit has fixed to its inside a cylinder, W', which extends nearly up to atop plate, Y, and which hasa flange, X, turned inward at its bottom forholding the dome G to the -perforated cylinder G by friction, the smokefrom lamp F' escaping through the peiforations of said dome.

The dome G terminates in a knob, Z, by means of which any compartmentbetween the partitions D of the'box .B B may be readily brought oppositeto the door or lid I, so that the required denomination of money may hetaken out.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, and desire -to secure by Letters Patent ofthe UnitedStates, is-

The case A A', money-box B B', divided into compartments by means ofpartitions D, iu combination with the perforated cylinder C, lamp F,dome G, sur-V mounted by a knob, Z, and provided with an inner.`

cylinder` W and flange X', for holding the dome to the perforatedcylinder'A C, as and'for the purpose set forth.

W. H. YOUNG. Witnesses:

` E. E. GIBSON,

G. L. OHAPIN.

